Calif. Octuplets' Mom's Veil of Secrecy Vanishes

She received a bachelor’s degree in child and adolescent development from California State University, Fullerton, in 2006 and was studying there for a master’s degree in counseling when she became pregnant with the octuplets.

“She may not be able to finish her master’s degree now and she was so close to wrapping it up,” her mother said.

Publicist Mike Furtney said Nadya Suleman has told him it’s her dream to eventually earn a Ph.D. in some field involving counseling.

Public records show Suleman was listed on the Metropolitan State Hospital payroll from 1997 until last year, though it appears she did little work after September 1999 because of her injury.